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Peter Pocklington
Born
(1941-11-18) November 18, 1941 (age 82)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation
Entrepreneur
Known for
former owner of the Edmonton Oilers from 1976 to 1998; candidate for the leadership of Canada's Progressive Conservative Party in 1983; victim of a hostage-taking incident in which he was shot and wounded in 1982.
Spouse
Eva
Peter Hugh Pocklington (born November 18, 1941) is a Canadian entrepreneur.
Peter Pocklington was known among North American hockey fans as "Peter Puck", an entrepreneur from oil-rich Alberta who was also the owner of the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Edmonton Oilers. He earned the enmity of many Canadians when he sold hockey's greatest player, Wayne Gretzky, to the Los Angeles Kings.
A vocal advocate of free-market capitalism, Pocklington had various business interests throughout his career. Outside sports, his best-known venture was his tenure as owner of a meatpacking plant in Edmonton, where he became embroiled in a bitter labour dispute in 1986.
Pocklington's life experiences were extensively documented in the 2009 biography, I'd Trade Him Again: On Gretzky, Politics and the Pursuit of the Perfect Deal, written by Terry McConnell and J'lyn Nye. The book's title was inspired by Pocklington's ongoing conviction the Gretzky trade was the right deal at the right time and had a positive impact on all parties concerned: the Oilers, the Kings, Gretzky, and the game itself.
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PeterPocklington a full partner, then sold his shares to him the following year. The team's fortunes improved dramatically in 1978 when Pocklington acquired...
real and franchised properties –who quickly made local businessman PeterPocklington a full partner, then sold his shares to him the following year. The...
Additionally, the name "Basil Pocklington" was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1984. Basil was the father of Oilers owner PeterPocklington and was not directly...
Driscoll to Oilers owner PeterPocklington, a former business partner. Although the announced price was $850,000, Pocklington paid $700,000. The money...
In the mid-1990s, Edmonton Oilers owner PeterPocklington was in a precarious financial situation. Pocklington's main creditor, the Alberta Treasury Branches...
Pocklington School is a private day and boarding school in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1514 by John Dolman. The school...
former Bay Street investment executive Michael Wilson and sports owner PeterPocklington, gained support among the pro-business faction of the party. Clark...
friend and former (and future) business partner, PeterPocklington, owner of the Edmonton Oilers. Pocklington purchased Gretzky and two other Indianapolis...
The following names were later scratched out with a series of "X"s: PeterPocklington, then-owner of the Edmonton Oilers, put his father's name, Basil,...
Mustang convertible from Edmonton Oilers (and Ford dealership) owner PeterPocklington, when Gretzky broke the NHL single season goal scoring record. Moss...
the contract renegotiated to pay him $800,000 a year. Team owner PeterPocklington refused to do so, and offended Coffey by suggesting he lacked courage...
and opted to sell Gretzky's contract to Oilers owner PeterPocklington. Unlike Skalbania, Pocklington was better financed at the time and owned a team that...
Edmonton. The Trappers joined the PCL in 1981 when Edmonton businessman PeterPocklington purchased the Ogden A's franchise from Utah trucker Dennis Job. The...
Edmonton Brick Men soccer team, which was owned by Edmonton Oilers owner PeterPocklington, with the team being named after the company and the team's logo using...
signed away multiple star players (such as Wayne Gretzky), team owner PeterPocklington threatened to re-locate the Oilers unless he was given full control...
during the regular season) Goaltenders 31 Grant Fuhr 30 Bill Ranford PeterPocklington (Owner) Glen Sather (President/General Manager/Head Coach) John Muckler...
included curbside pickup of recyclables) and repeated efforts by PeterPocklington, owner of the Edmonton Oilers, to secure concessions from the city...
Bethesda Softworks published Wayne Gretzky Hockey shortly after PeterPocklington traded Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings on...
championships between 1984 and 1990. On August 9, 1988, Oilers owner PeterPocklington, in financial trouble, traded Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky's...
the Oilers joined the NHL in 1979–80. In 1978, then-Oilers owner PeterPocklington came to Sather and asked him whether he should take advantage of an...
Muni 29 Reijo Ruotsalainen Goaltenders 31 Grant Fuhr 35 Andy Moog PeterPocklington (Owner) Glen Sather (President/General Manager/Head Coach) Bruce MacGregor...
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